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Put Your Money Where Cowboy Mouth Is
The band’s Take Me Back To New Orleans Tour – named after their signature show-closing anthem – stretches across 10 states, heading out to California and back to wrap near home in Baton Rouge, La., November 25.
Funds raised at the shows will go to the newly established Cowboy Mouth Hurricane Relief Fund, a 501(c)3 relief organization.
The Southern Comfort company, which shares Cowboy Mouth’s New Orleans roots, is sponsoring the tour and the band’s “home on wheels” tour bus.
“So many of our friends, families and fans lost their homes, not to mention their livelihoods, so we are very fortunate in that we can continue on with a portion of our lives, which is playing music, being positive and making people feel good,” drummer/lead singer Fred LeBlanc said.
“That’s our mission,” he continued, “and right now people in New Orleans and all across the Gulf Coast need as much positive support as possible, even if it’s from a stage across the country.”
In another unfortunate blow, the band had to cancel several concerts and a September 25 NFL appearance due to the death of lead guitarist/vocalist John Thomas Griffith’s mother. The tour is to resume September 29 in Hernando, Miss.